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Wilkinson, Erika L. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
An institute of higher education located in the United States was unable to maintain the required first-time pass rate, on the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN) exam, by nursing graduates, as defined by their State Board of Nursing and accreditation body. Failure to meet these requirements resulted in a…
Descriptors: Nursing Students, College Graduates, Licensing Examinations (Professions), Learning Activities
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Wang, Haiping; Yu, Guoxing – International Journal of Listening, 2021
Listen-to-summarize cloze (LSC) tasks are not rare in high-stakes language tests; however, we know little about what test-takers do during the tasks. In our study, we examined 16 students' think-aloud protocols (TAPs) which were recorded while they were completing two LSC tasks. The analysis of the 16 TAPs indicated iterative cognitive processes…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cloze Procedure, Language Tests, High Stakes Tests
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Perie, Marianne – State Education Standard, 2020
Statewide performance assessments have gone in and out of vogue for over 30 years. While embraced as authentic representations of student work, they often prove burdensome for standardized assessment purposes. They can be a strong addition to a balanced assessment system--when implemented well for the right purposes. State policymakers looking to…
Descriptors: Performance Based Assessment, Student Evaluation, Standardized Tests, Educational Benefits
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Teichert, Melonie A.; Schroeder, Maria J.; Lin, Shirley; Dillner, Debra K.; Komperda, Regis; Bunce, Diane M. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2020
On the basis of the results of two prior studies at the US Naval Academy (USNA), which described the choice of study resources and the self-reported learning approaches of students of differing achievement levels, the current investigation examines how students of differing achievement levels in general chemistry actually solve multiple-choice…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Chemistry, Science Instruction, Science Tests
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Brady, Shannon T.; Hard, Bridgette Martin; Gross, James J. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2018
The idea that test anxiety hurts performance is deeply ingrained in American culture and schools. However, researchers have found that it is actually worry about performance and anxiety--not bodily feelings of anxiety (emotionality)--that impairs performance. Drawing on this insight, anxiety reappraisal interventions encourage the view that…
Descriptors: Test Anxiety, Academic Achievement, College Freshmen, Intervention
Westrick, Paul; Mattern, Krista – ACT, Inc., 2018
Almost two-thirds of students entering a community college and a third of students entering a 4-year college lack basic math and writing skills, and they often find themselves placed in developmental or remedial courses in their first year of college. Unfortunately, students placed into remedial math and English courses often have poorer…
Descriptors: College Readiness, College Freshmen, Student Placement, Remedial Mathematics
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Yeom, Soohye; Jun, Henry – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2020
This study investigated whether young Korean students learning English as a foreign language (EFL) engage in similar processes when responding to reading comprehension questions delivered in two different test-presentation modes: paper and computer. It examined the relationship between the two modes and test-takers' reading comprehension…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Reading Strategies, Test Wiseness
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Abío, Gemma; Alcañiz, Manuela; Gómez-Puig, Marta; Rubert, Glòria; Serrano, Mònica; Stoyanova, Alexandrina; Vilalta-Bufí, Montserrat – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2019
Students who have to retake courses at university are often not only low achieving, but also unmotivated and lacking in self-confidence. In this study, we present the first report of a teaching strategy based on the implementation of the flipped classroom model, team-based learning, and frequent testing strategies in groups of students retaking a…
Descriptors: Instructional Innovation, Repetition, Economics Education, Teaching Methods
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Coohey, Carol; Cummings, Stephen P. – Journal of Social Work Education, 2019
We evaluated whether a synchronous online group intervention, using the Association for Social Work Boards Group Review Practice Test© items, increased students' LMSW licensure test-taking confidence and decreased their test anxiety. A non-equivalent comparison group study was used to measure change in 59 graduate students' confidence in…
Descriptors: Social Work, Professional Education, Test Preparation, Computer Assisted Testing
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Cantwell, E. Renée; Sousou, Jeanann; Jadotte, Yuri T.; Pierce, Jenny; Akioyamen, Leo E. – Campbell Systematic Reviews, 2017
The primary purpose of assessment in an instructional setting is twofold: to determine whether learners have achieved the stated objectives and learner outcomes described in the curriculum and to determine whether educators meet those learning objectives in the classroom. Assessment, quite often, is administered in the form of a written or…
Descriptors: Testing, Group Activities, College Students, Outcomes of Education
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Li, Jiuliang – Language Education & Assessment, 2021
This study examined the perceived effects of test preparation for College English Test Band 4 (CET4) on development of language ability and test performance, which has not received sufficient attention previously. A total of 79 undergraduate students from two classes in a Chinese university participated in the study. At the end of the CET4…
Descriptors: Language Tests, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Mukingambeho, Delphine; Nzahabwanayo, Sylvestre; Nzabarirwa, Wenceslas; Nizeyimana, Gabriel – Interchange: A Quarterly Review of Education, 2019
The present study contributes to the existing literature on higher education in post-conflict contexts. It seeks to investigate the extent to which the University of Rwanda (UR) undergraduate students at National Police College (NPC) are conversant with major components of study skills mainly time management, note taking, reading, writing, test…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Higher Education, Study Skills
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Cetin, Filiz; Cetin, Saban – Journal of Education and Practice, 2017
This study aims to identify to what degree undergraduate students are able to manage the exam process to be successful in exams. The study group of the research, which utilizes the survey model, consists of 350 students in total, 185 female and 165 male, attending 4 different teaching programs in Faculty of Education, Gazi University. "The…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Foreign Countries, Likert Scales, Tests
Han, Lu – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This dissertation study explored the feasibility of using authenticated spoken texts to test L2 Chinese listening comprehension. The spoken texts used in the study were created using an "authenticating" technique, in which scripted spoken Chinese texts were infused with characteristics of real-world, unscripted spoken Chinese. In the…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Listening Comprehension Tests, Chinese
Schiel, Jeff L. – ACT, Inc., 2020
Students exhibit a variety of test-related behaviors before and during the American College Testing (ACT®) test. Previous ACT research has identified associations between test-related behavior and ACT test performance. For example, test preparation has been shown to be associated with modest ACT Composite score gains on the second ACT testing…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Student Behavior, Test Wiseness, Scores
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